King Of The Bretons, Hoel I ‘The Great’ 1

Birth Name King Of The Bretons, Hoel I ‘The Great’
Gramps ID I582808150
Gender male
Age at Death 54 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 491    
 
Death 545    
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father UNKNOWN, Budic II [I582806808]
Mother Ferch Gwrleis, Elaine (Elen) [I582806809]
         King Of The Bretons, Hoel I ‘The Great’ [I582808150]
 
Father UNKNOWN, Budic II [I582806808]
Stepmother UNKNOWN, Anowed [I582803498]
    Half-brother     King Of Gwent &, T? [I582802793]

Families

    Family of King Of The Bretons, Hoel I ‘The Great’ and De Domnonee, Alma Pompea [F533084643]
Unknown Partner De Domnonee, Alma Pompea [I582806807]
  Narrative

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  Children
  1. UNKNOWN, Tewdwr Mawr [I582804648]
  2. King Of The Bretons, Hoel II [I582806805]

Narrative

As a son of Budic II s first marriage, King Hoel the Great was nephew to the famous High-King Arthur of Britain. Tradition says he spent much of his youth at the King's Court and, although he returned to Brittany when his father was recalled, he was soon asked back to help his uncle overcome the Saxon scourge. Hoel supposedly landed at Southampton and immediately moved north with a considerable army to assist King Arthur at the Battle of Dubglas, the Siege of Caer-Ebrauc (York) and the Battle of Celidon Coit, before being besieged himself at Caer-Brithon (Dumbarton Rock). Hoel's greatest hour, however, was at the triumphant Battle of Mount Badon. Later he took part in Arthur's continental campaigns, conquering Gaul and enabling Arthur to establish his government in Paris! Hoel then returned to his own Kingdom, where King Tristram of Lyonesse was supposed to have helped him to victory during a Breton Civil War. Hoel probably ruled jointly in Cornouaille with his ageing father. They. Apparently, both died in the same year (545) and were succeeded by Hoel's eldest son, Tewdwr Mawr Literary writers have transformed Hoel into a Knight of the Round Table.

Pedigree

  1. UNKNOWN, Budic II [I582806808]
    1. Ferch Gwrleis, Elaine (Elen) [I582806809]
      1. King Of The Bretons, Hoel I 'The Great'
        1. De Domnonee, Alma Pompea [I582806807]
          1. King Of The Bretons, Hoel II [I582806805]
          2. UNKNOWN, Tewdwr Mawr [I582804648]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. pemble [S545686325]